Peter Weir

Peter Weir

Known for: Directing
Biography: 1944-08-21 (80 years old)

Biography

Peter Lindsay Weir AM (born August 21, 1944) is a retired Australian film director. He is known for directing films crossing various genres over forty years with films such as Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975), Gallipoli (1981), Witness (1985), Dead Poets Society (1989), Fearless (1993), The Truman Show (1998), Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), and The Way Back (2010). He has received six Academy Award nominations, ultimately being awarded the Academy Honorary Award in 2022 for his lifetime achievement career.


Early in his career as a director, Weir was a leading figure in the Australian New Wave cinema movement (1970–1990). Weir made his feature film debut with Homesdale and continued with the mystery drama Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975), the supernatural thriller The Last Wave (1977) and the historical drama Gallipoli (1981). Weir gained tremendous success with the multinational production The Year of Living Dangerously (1982).


After the success of The Year of Living Dangerously, Weir directed a diverse group of American and international films covering most genres–many of them major box office hits–including Academy Award-nominated films such as the thriller Witness (1985), the drama Dead Poets Society (1989), the romantic comedy Green Card (1990), the social science fiction comedy-drama The Truman Show (1998) and the epic historical drama Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003). His final feature before his retirement was the well-received The Way Back (2010).


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Filmography

all 33

Movies 32

Director 14

self 11

Producer 4

Writer 1

TV Shows 1

Producer / Director / Screenplay
The Way Back

The Way Back (2010)

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6
Director / Producer / Writer
Green Card

Green Card (1990)

Movie
6.25
Director / Story / Screenplay
The Cars That Ate Paris

The Cars That Ate Paris (1974)

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Robert 2 / Director / Writer
Homesdale

Homesdale (1971)

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Information

Known For
Directing

Gender
Male

Birthday
1944-08-21 (80 years old)

Birth Name
Peter Lindsay Weir

Birth Place
Sydney, Australia

Spouse
Wendy Stites

Citizenships
Australia

Awards
Member of the Order of Australia, Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, European Film Award for Best Non-European Film, BAFTA Award for Best Direction, Academy Honorary Award, Sitges Grand Honorary Award, Commander of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland

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